K-12 AND P-20WORKFORCE CONNECTIONS

National Forum on Education StatisticsWinter Forum Meeting

February 21, 2011

Carol JennerWashington Education Research & Data Center

EDUCATION RESEARCH & DATA CENTER

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DATA

MONITORING, GOVERNANCE

DATA MANAGEMENT, GOVERNANCEStandards, confidentiality, security

CRITICAL QUESTIONSCRITICAL QUESTIONS

RESEARCH

DATA DICTIONARY,

LONGITUDINAL LINKING,

CROSS-SECTOR DERIVED

ELEMENTS

DATA DICTIONARY,

LONGITUDINAL LINKING,

CROSS-SECTOR DERIVED

ELEMENTS

P-20 / W DATASETS

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EARLY LEARNING

K-12

COLLEGES

UNIVERSITIES

WORKFORCE

PartnersPartners PROVIDE DATA TO

PARTNER AGENCIESTRACK OUTCOMES LONGITUDINALLYCOLLABORATE ON P-20 RESEARCHRESPOND TO AD-HOC REQUESTS (DATA AND RESEARCH) FROM PARTNERS, LEGISLATUREENSURE THAT LEGISLATIVE INTERESTS ARE SERVEDFEEDBACK REPORTS (ON BEHALF OF AGENCIES)

RESPOND TO EXTERNAL REQUESTS FOR DATA

OutputsOutputs

P-20 LONGITUDINAL DATA ELEMENTS

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OSPI

PUBLIC K-12 1999-current

OSPI

PUBLIC K-12 1999-current

UW, WSU, CWU, EWU, TESC, WWU

PUBLICBACCALAUREATES

1999-current

SBCTC

COMMUNITY &TECHNICAL COLLEGES

2003-current

NATIONAL STUDENTCLEARINGHOUSE

ESD

WORKFORCE(Unemployment

Insurance)

WashingtonP-20

Education/WorkforceCore Data

OSPI = Office of Superintendent of Public InstructionDEL = Department of Early LearningESD = Employment Security DepartmentSBCTC = State Board for Community & Technical Colleges

UW = University of WashingtonWSU = Washington State UniversityCWU = Central Washington University

EWU = Eastern Washington UniversityTESC = The Evergreen State CollegeWWU = Western Washington University

DEL

State-FundedEARLY CHILDHOOD

1995-current

Current Data Linkage Future Data Linkage

WHY LINK TO WORKFORCE INFORMATION?

EMPLOYMENT STATUS of students (high school and postsecondary):

How many students are employed during the school year?

How many hours per week do they work? How much do they earn? How does workforce participation relate to

grades, postsecondary enrollment, persistence in postsecondary enrollment?

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WHY LINK TO WORKFORCE INFORMATION?

Employment as an OUTCOME: Do graduates enter the workforce immediately

upon graduation? How many college graduates remain in the state

for work? How do employment and enrollment after high

school relate to employment patterns established during high school?

What are the workforce outcomes for completers of a particular program in my school? (Career/Technical Education, for example)

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WHERE ARE THE WORKFORCE DATA?

Education data sources include K-12 student information systems and P-20 data from other sectors (SSN required for linking to workforce)

Workforce data from the state agency administering the Unemployment Insurance program (wage and claimant data)

Labor Market Information (LMI) directors are helpful in arranging for linking. www.bls.gov/bls/ofolist.htm

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TIMING OF UI EARNINGS DATA AVAILABILITY

UI Earnings data is processed on a quarterly schedule.

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THE LINKING PROCESSWASHINGTON STATE VERSION

ERDC policy is to use SFT process (encryption in transit and encryption at rest) for all data transfers involving personally identifying information. Mobile storage devices of any type are never used for data storage or transfer. 8

WORKFORCE ELEMENTS: UI EARNINGS

UI WAGE RECORD contains: Year and quarter of earnings Employer account number Employee social security number Name (variable) Wages paid (earnings) Hours worked (reported in few states)

EMPLOYER CHARACTERISTICS can be added to the wage record:

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code Ownership (Federal, State, Local, International, Private) Size of firm

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AVAILABILITY OF KEY LINKING IDENTIFIER

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P-20 SOURCES

Student Information System

Postsecondary enrollment records

Other administrative data

2009 High School graduates

APPLICATION: CTE FOLLOW-UP

5S1 Secondary Placement Numerator: Number of CTE concentrators leaving

secondary education and placed in post-secondary education/advanced training, military, or EMPLOYMENT in a specific post-exit quarter.

Denominator: Number of CTE concentrators who left secondary education during the reporting year.

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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, 2009WASHINGTON STATE

*These two categories are not mutually exclusive, so totals may add to more than 100%.

Source: “Workforce Participation: Washington State High School Graduates, 2008-09” Washington Education Research & Data Center, February 2011.<http://www.erdc.wa.gov/briefs/> (forthcoming)

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EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRYDURING LAST TWO YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL

WASHINGTON STATE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, 2009

Source: “Workforce Participation: Washington State High School Graduates, 2008-09” Washington Education Research & Data Center, February 2011.<http://www.erdc.wa.gov/briefs/> (forthcoming)

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MEDIAN HOURS WORKED2009 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

Source: “Workforce Participation: Washington State High School Graduates, 2008-09” Washington Education Research & Data Center, February 2011.<http://www.erdc.wa.gov/briefs/> (forthcoming)

Employed During Quarter, by Post-High School Enrollment Status

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Employed During Quarter, by Post-High School Enrollment Status

APPLICATION: TEACHERS WHO LEAVE TEACHING

Teachers who left teaching jobs matched against administrative records from Unemployment Insurance Program and Department of Retirement Systems.

Source: “Who Leaves Teaching and Where Do They Go?,” Washington Education Research & Data Center, January 2011.<http://www.erdc.wa.gov/briefs/>

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n=4,291

n=3,411

APPLICATION: TRAINING PROGRAM OUTCOMES

UI WAGE FOLLOW-UP 9 MONTHS AFTER COMPLETION

Source: Academic Year Report, 2009-2010, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, December 2010.<www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/documents/0entire_report-ayr0910.1.pdf>

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BACCALAUREATE DEGREE OUTCOMESDEGREE RECIPIENTS, SPRING 2006

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EMPLOYMENT AND ENROLLMENTWhat do bachelor’sdegree recipients do after graduation?

89% are either employedor enrolled in furthereducation at some point.

48% are employed insame industry all threeyears.

83% are employed inWashington at some pointduring the 3 years after graduation.

*Other industries = Natural resources/mining, Construction, Information, Financial Activities, Other Services/Public Administration“Not employed” means no Washington UI earnings during this period.

DATA-SHARING, DATA GOVERNANCE

What is the governance process for the linked data? Currently, a case-by-case basisAn ARRA grant project deliverable

How are requests for the linked data handled?Currently, evaluated on a case-by-case basisMost requests involve summary data

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FUTURE EDUCATION/WORKFORCE PLANS

DROP-OUTS AND STOP-OUTSH.S. GRADUATING CLASS COHORTS - Analysis incorporating:

Full-time/part-time enrollment statusFinancial aid information

POSTSECONDARY Routine follow-up of graduates (10 years) into employment and

further education“Swirl” study (outcomes for those who follow non-linear paths

through postsecondary education)

WORKFORCEExplore worker classification from Workers’ CompensationExpand data sources

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ADDITIONAL WORKFORCE DATA SOURCES Federal Employment Data Exchange System (FEDES) – contains federal

civilian employees, U.S. Postal Service employees, and Department of Defense active duty personnel. Operated by the Jacob France Institute at the University of Baltimore. http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cestn2.htm

Wage Record Interchange System (WRIS) – a multistate collaborative that facilitates the exchange of wage data among participating states. http://www.doleta.gov/performance/WRIS.cfm

Administrative Data Research and Evaluation (ADARE) – a multi-state alliance (currently 9 state partners covering 43 percent of the U.S. civilian labor force) that facilitates access to administrative data for authorized research and evaluation purposes. Managed by the Jacob France Institute at the University of Baltimore. http://www.ubalt.edu/jfi/adare/index.cfm

Local Employment Dynamics (LED) program – a partnership between states and the U.S. Census Bureau that provides summary information on employment and earnings at local level. http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/led/led.html

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